Local athletes qualify for Hershey state track meet

ROCHESTER — A large number of local athletes are scheduled to compete in today's Hershey Youth Track and Field state meet at Manchester Memorial High School, which is scheduled to begin at 5 p.m.

Ken Stejbach

ROCHESTER — A large number of local athletes are scheduled to compete in today's Hershey Youth Track and Field state meet at Manchester Memorial High School, which is scheduled to begin at 5 p.m.

The top four finishers in each event, in three age divisions (9-10, 11-12 and 13-14) qualified at Tuesday's Hershey regional meet at Spaulding High School. Another qualifier was held in Lebanon at the same time.

The Exeter and Hampton teams led the way with the largest number of qualifiers. Exeter is sending 32 athletes and Hampton will send 23. Athletes from North Hampton, Epping and Rye teams will also be well represented.

Only those with the best times and distances in Region 6, which includes the Eastern seaboard of Canada and the New England states, will qualify for the North American Final, which is scheduled for Aug. 2-5 in Hershey, Pa.

The following local athletes have qualified for the state meet:

9-10 girls division — Exeter's Elise Leavitt and Courtney Smith lead the way. Leavitt finished first in the 50- (8.45 seconds) and 100-meter (15.9) races, and softball throw (92 feet, 2 inches). Smith finished first in the 200 (33.89), 400 (1 minute, 14.37 seconds) and standing long jump (6-2Â¾). Hampton's Olivia Letourneau finished second in the 50 (8.47) and third in the long jump (5-9). Rye's Shanley King finished second in the 200 (34.69). Exeter's Gabrielle Smyth finished fourth in the 200 (38.70). Epping's Shannon Colford placed third in the 400 (1:21.13) and second in the long jump (5-10). Exeter's Shanice Marotto-Potvin placed fourth in the long jump (5-7Â½) and second in the softball throw (68-6). Hampton's Erika Hesser finished fourth in the softball throw (57-4).

Hampton's 4x100-meter relay finished first in 1:08.43; Rye's 4x100 was second in 1:09.50; and Exeter's 4x100 was third in 1:14.19.

11-12 girls division — Exeter's Tatyanna Marotto-Potvin finished first in the 100 (14.96) and 200 (31.62), and second in the long jump (6-5). Hampton's Elizabeth Auffant finished second in the 100 (15.08). Exeter's Lilly Dovholuk placed fourth in the 100 (15.43). Rye's Molly Shanahan finished second in the 200 (32.05). Exeter's Casey Estey finished fourth in the 400 (1:16.20). Exeter's Ellie Smith finished third in the 400 (1:15.87) and second in the 800 (2:44.43). Hampton's Devinne Cullinane finished first in the 800 (2:43.07). Exeter's Shannon Murdock finished fourth in the 800 (2:52.08). Epping's Erin Colford finished third in the long jump (6-3 3/4). Newmarket's Hedi Droste finished fourth in the long jump (6-1Â¼). Hampton's Kara Martin finished second in the softball throw (104-10).

Exeter placed first (1:01.52) and third (1:03.69) in the 4x100. Hampton was second (1:03.07).

13-14 girls division — Exeter's Hillary Homes finished first (13.85) and Epping's Taylor Fiore was fourth (14.41) in the 100. Exeter's Milan Gary finished second (30.42) and Kristina Fischer was fourth (31.04) in the 200. Exeter's Martina Griffin finished second (2:51.9) and Nikki MacAulay was third (2:52.06) in the 800. Griffin also finished first in the long jump (7-2Â¼). Exeter's Kelsey Smith finished second in the 1,600 (5:40.05). Exeter's Dana Twombly finished fourth in the softball throw (110-8).

11-12 boys division — Exeter's Grant Michallysyn finished first in the 200 (31.32), and Newmarket's Chad Young and Mason Krieger, and Hampton's Bryan Schwechheimer followed in second (32.59), third (32.98) and fourth (33.28), respectively. Young also finished third in the long jump (7-1Â½). North Hampton's Ryan Mitchell finished fourth in the 400 (1:16.36). Hampton's Cameron Dumont finished third in the 800 (2:48.79). Newmarket's Matthew Woodbury finished fourth in the long jump (6-11Â¼).

Hampton's 4x100 finished first in 1:02.93, Exeter's 4x100 was third in 1:06.12, and North Hampton's 4x100, fourth in 1:06.49.

13-14 boys division — Exeter's Luke Wellington finished second in the 100 (13.82) and 200 (28.60). Hampton's Seamus Cullinane finished third in the 800 (2:42.95) and Epping's Dane McCullen was fourth (2:45.28). Epping's Brendan O'Day and Sean Colford finished first and second, respectively, in the 1,600 in times of 5:39.73 and 5:42.0, respectively. Colford also finished fourth in the softball throw (165-0). Hampton's Thomas O'Leary finished fourth in 5:56.53. Exeter's Conan Sang finished third in the long jump (7-11), and McCullen was fourth (7-4Â½).

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